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Apparatus and method for monitoring communications

US8166521B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 2007
Grant dateApr 24, 2012
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Expiry dateJun 17, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/162
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller to transmit a tracking request to a session information retriever for a targeted user of a network with the session information retriever storing session information for users of the network and with the tracking request having identification information associated with the targeted user, transmit a query to the session information retriever for relevant session information associated with the targeted user with the relevant session information being selected by the session information retriever from the session information based at least in part on the identification information associated with the targeted user and with the relevant session information being stored in a single file associated with the targeted user, and receive at least a portion of the relevant session information transmitted from the session information retriever. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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